Bücher von Elif Batuman

Selin is the luckiest person in her family: the only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard. Now it’s sophomore year, 1996, and Selin knows she has to make it count. The first order of business: to figure out the meaning of everything that happened over the summer. Why did Selin’s elusive crush, Ivan, find her that job in the Hungarian countryside? What was up with all those other people in the Hungarian countryside? Why is Ivan’s weird ex-girlfriend now trying to get in touch with Selin? Guided by her literature syllabus and by her more worldly and confident peers, Selin reaches certain conclusions about the universal importance of parties, alcohol, and sex, and resolves to execute them in practice—no matter what the cost. Next on the list: international travel. Unfolding with the propulsive logic and intensity of youth, Either/Or is a landmark novel by one of our most brilliant writers. Hilarious, revelatory, and unforgettable, its gripping narrative will confront you with searching questions that persist long after the last page.

'I loved it and could have read a thousand more pages of it.' - Emma ClineSelin, a tall, highly strung Turkish-American from New Jersey turns up at Harvard and finds herself dangerously overwhelmed by the challenges and possibilities of adulthood.

The new novel from the bestselling author of The Idiot follows one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood. 'Elif Batuman is the queen of the campus novel... Enchanting' Sunday TimesSELIN IS THE LUCKIEST PERSON IN HER FAMILY:The only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard. Now it's her second year, and Selin knows she has to make it count. The first order of business: to figure out the meaning of everything that happened over the summer...On the plus side, her life feels like the plot of an exciting novel. On the other hand, why do so many novels have crazy, abandoned women in them? And how does one live a life as interesting as a novel - a life worthy of becoming a novel - without turning into a crazy, abandoned woman oneself?'Stupendous... Hilarious... Batuman is a genius' Vogue'This novel wins you over in a million micro-observations' New York Times'Searingly smart' Evening Standard

"VON ALLEN AMERIKANISCHEN AUTORINNEN IST ELIF BATUMAN DIE WITZIGSTE." SHEILA HETI Die Bestsellerautorin Elif Batuman ist eine der originellsten Stimmen der amerikanischen Gegenwartsliteratur. Ihr Roman über die junge Literaturstudentin Selin erzählt ebenso witzig wie rührend von der mühsamen Überwindung postpubertärer Scham, von misslungenen ersten Malen und dem völlig verkopften Versuch, erwachsen zu werden. "Entweder/Oder" ist das großartige Porträt einer sehr klugen Frau mit einer sehr komplizierten Gefühlswelt - und eine genauso geistreiche wie lustige Persiflage auf das Akademiker-Milieu.Es ist Selins zweites Jahr an der Harvard-Universität. Sie leidet unter Liebeskummer, möchte Schriftstellerin werden und nimmt seit Kurzem Antidepressiva. So weit, so normal. Doch Selins Problem mit dem Leben ist komplizierter: Sie neigt dazu, alles zu zerdenken, und steht sich dadurch ständig selbst im Weg. Ihr Versuch, sich die Welt über Bücher zu erklären - von Kierkegaard bis Nabokov -, um ja keinen Fuß in die Wirklichkeit setzen zu müssen, liefert Selin keine klaren Ergebnisse. Was ist das soziale Konzept einer Party, wie emanzipatorisch darf, will oder muss ich sein, und warum ist Sex eigentlich so erstrebenswert? Um ihre Fragen ans Leben zu beantworten, begibt sie sich - etwas verkrampft, aber durchaus risikobereit - mitten hinein und gerät dabei an so manchen düsteren Ort ... Ein The New York Times- und The Washington Post-Bestseller Elif Batuman gehört zu den wichtigsten Stimmen der amerikanischen Gegenwartsliteratur

In 1996, Selin, the bookish, language-obsessed daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives at Harvard University for her second year. Having spent the summer teaching English in the Hungarian countryside while obsessing over her crush, Ivan, Selin is determined to untangle from her unrequited infatuation, and shed her first year innocence.